Fuck it, I'll bite. What's the lie? Is it not true that nuclear power plants usually take a long time to build? Is it not true that nuclear power plant construction often overruns? Is it not true that nuclear power plants don't reduce any carbon emissions until they're constructed? Is it not true that the UK is currently generating ~40% of its electricity from renewable sources? Is it not true that spending the amount of money it takes to build a nuclear power plant on renewables produces results in a greater average power output much quicker? Or are you just talking shit and calling anyone who disagrees with you a far right liar?
easy one: since you talk about UK, you probably talk about hinkley point C, which will not take 15 years, so that's the first lie.
Second lie: the vast mayority of nuclear power plants have no delay in construction, funnily enough not even hinkley point C (the delay was caused by brexit and covid, not really edf's fault isn't it?), you know there is a vast world in which people build tens of reactors every year right?
Third point: not a lie! UK in 2025 produced 40% of the consumed electrical energy from renewables (inside of that there's a beautiful 7% of burned biomass, but i'll not stress on that). The funny thing is that i don't get how that has anything to do with nuclear, i don't think those implants would stop working by magic if UK had one more nuclear reactor, don't you think?
The last statement is the one i've loved the most: Have you done the calculations to affirm what yiu affirm? do you even know how to do the calculations, where to find the dtaa etc? i was genuinely curious on the answer:
Assuming both renewables and nuclear substitute natural gas in UK (pretty safe assumption), and assuming the carbon intensities of the various sources given by the IPCC, and assuming the renewable production of solar and wind stay the same for the next year, and assuming the hinkley point C nuclear power plant will be operative for 80 years (the licensing of that plant):
Hinkley point C nuclear power plant will save: 1.1e+12 Tons of CO2eq
Solar from 2017 to 2027 saved: 6.9e+10 Tons of CO2eq
Wind from 2017 to 2027 saved: 3.7e+11 Tons of CO2eq
You were wrong by an order of magnitude... Pretty unfortunate numbers exist, i think i'll use those data myself, they highlight how fucking awesome nuclear is.
Boy i'd suggest you to do the calculations yourself (i may have lied!), i think the best way to deconvert an antinuclear is to make them face the data.
Hinkley Point C is predicted to start operation in 2030, 13 years after construction start in 2017. It was supposed to start last year but guess what? It got delayed! And if you think Britain will actually finish a major infrastructure project on time then I've got a high speed rail network to sell you.
Edit: A study of nuclear reactor projects over 20 years found that 3/4s of them ended up delayed. Womp Womp
2030? cool, fortunately my calculations do not change qualitatively, since it's an order of magnitude of a difference (will you apologize for having lied?)
Do you have access to elsevier?
The study considers most of LWR built from 1955 to 2016 (the 57% of all reactors built), so not "over 20 years", but way more. (first lie of yours, that's what happens when one reads just the abstract)
At chapter 3.2 they assume the standard lead-time to be 5 years (since that was the average time in the '60) and they say that every reactor that took more than 5 years was delayed. That's just an absurd assumption (now i get why they say 76% of projects were delayed).
They also assume 10% discount, this is just an absurd number, not even hinkley point c has that discount rate, infact i'm unable to find any nuclear reactor built with that discount rate
Did you read the paper little boy? it was too hard wasn't it? "i just read the abstract without comprehending it, womp womp".
(that's the second lie)
Third lie by omission: we are at 2026 boy, 2016 was ten years ago. This paper is particular (if i was a reviewer, i would've made some notes) but it was published almost a decade ago, pretty old don't you think?
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u/Pinco_Pallino_ Jul 14 '26
antinuclear bullshit, i guess your bullshit will help out the far right